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Mathews County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 118 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51115

Within Virginia
Mathews County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Mathews, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
8,529
+9 (+0.1%) since 2020
Land area
85.9
square miles. A further 65.9% of the total area is water
Population density
99.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Mathews
Seat of county government.
Established
1791
234 years ago
Largest city
Not available
No incorporated place lies within this county.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Mathews County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Mathews County, Virginia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 600 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Mathews County ranks

Position among the 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn VirginiaNationally
Population8,529118th of 1332,533rd of 3,144
Land area85.9 sq mi97th of 1333,092nd of 3,144
Population density99.3 per sq mi72nd of 133925th of 3,144
Median household income$75,88053rd of 133784th of 3,143

Full data for Mathews County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,529Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,520Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,535Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area85.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area166.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area252 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?99.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$75,880American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$360,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age55.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,987American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,493American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-71
75 births, 146 deaths
Net migration
+16
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Mathews County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Gloucester CountyVirginia21 mi40,097
Middlesex CountyVirginia19 mi10,841
Northampton CountyVirginia18 mi11,879
York CountyVirginia9.3 mi71,374
Accomack CountyVirginiaa single point33,859

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.